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How many Nattys does OU have? ›

The university's athletic teams compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)'s Division I in the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The university's current athletic director is Joe Castiglione. The Sooners have won 44 team national championships.

Through the 2023 season, Oklahoma has compiled an overall record of 944 wins, 341 losses, and 53 ties.

Famously, Oklahoma Territory was opened for settlement through land claims races, or Land Runs, and in 1889, thousands made their way to the Twin Territories to participate in the first of these dramatic events. Each race began with a pistol shot, and those who jumped the gun were called Sooners.

OU is directly tied to the Heisman Trophy award's history. Since the Heisman's creation in 1935, seven Sooners have won the award.

Texas and Oklahoma not only preferred to avoid playing the new Big 12 members, they wanted to join the SEC for Year 1 of its new TV deal with ESPN. The Big 12 eyed the substantial exit fee to supplement the new six-year media rights deal it negotiated with Fox and ESPN in October 2022.

NORMAN (AP) — Oklahoma finally got the chance to celebrate its long-awaited move to the Southeastern Conference. As the switch from the Big 12 became official on Monday, the school finally was letting loose.

There no doubt in anyones minds that the rivalry between the Texas Longhorns and Oklahoma Sooners is one of the very best in college football.

College Football Playoff record by conference

TCU's win against Michigan in the semifinal last season was the conference's lone victory. OU went 0-4 in CFP games and Texas just lost in its first appearance.

Who ended Oklahoma's winning streak? ›

Louisiana ends Oklahoma's 71-game winning streak - ESPN Video.

Oklahoma is also known informally by its nickname, "The Sooner State", in reference to the Sooners, American settlers who staked their claims in formerly American Indian-owned lands until the Indian Appropriations Act of 1889 authorized the Land Rush of 1889 opening the land to settlement.

Oklahoma is a Choctaw Indian word that means “red people.” It is derived from the words for people (okla) and red (humma).

Oklahoma State has won 55 national titles, including 53 NCAA team national titles, which ranks sixth in most NCAA team national championships. These national titles have come in wrestling (34), golf (11), basketball (2), baseball (1), and cross country (5).

Yale holds the title of most college football championships with 18. Alabama is second with 16, including the most during the College Football Playoff era, with three.

OU Class of 2027 Tops 5,100 Students – the University's Largest, Most Diverse Freshman Class Ever. NORMAN, OKLA. – The University of Oklahoma officially welcomed its largest freshman class in school history at the annual Class Kickoff event, held this evening at the Gaylord Family – Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.